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The strange battleships that fired at long intervals but were so powerful that the goblin fleet couldn't sink no matter how much they concentrated their firepower, and the strange flying machines that buzzed overhead and dropped bombs and incendiary bombs. These signs were one thing, that the pirate fleet on the other side already had some kind of asymmetrical advantage, and Modo Blackwater once again smelled the danger of imminent defeat. When there is no continuation, it will be disturbed. I don't know if the traverser emperor borrowed this aphorism from the ancient Chinese people, Modo Heishui did understand that he was standing on the edge of the cliff, and taking a step back was an abyss, and such a dangerous situation aroused the courage hidden in its bones.

Glancing at his own warships maneuvering indiscriminately and firing aimlessly, the goblin commander raised his arms and shouted loudly:

"Goblin warriors! Will Needham, the heretic appointed by my lord Bane, was on the ship opposite, and delivered my order, hoisted the black flag, and the whole fleet assaulted. ”

If you take too big a step, it is easy to pull the egg, especially at the technology exhibition, under the strong impetus of Luo Zhengdao, the Black Gold jumped from the traditional style of sail battleship to the ironclad stage, eliminating many intermediate links. Although this halfway warship is not comparable to the sister ship Gold, which was designed and built in accordance with the standards of ironclad ships from the beginning, this leap is definitely not small, and this kind of great technological progress cannot be costless.

Due to the black-gold's hull cladding and internal structural enhancements, the available space in the ship has shrunk significantly, except for the two 11o-pound turrets at the stern of the upper deck, this level of the main deck can only accommodate 24 cannons, and the firepower projection capacity per unit time is greatly reduced.

Fortunately, there are always two sides to everything, the number of guns on the Black Gold has shrunk, but the caliber and firepower have increased a lot, and these 24 guns are all hybrids of the introduction of military technology from the old world. With the innovative use of iron casting and water-filled center cooling, the 48-pounder long-barreled cannon has the same range as the large-caliber fortress guns, doubling its service life and durability. If we comprehensively consider the advantages and disadvantages of both attack and defense, don't look at the displacement of the ironclad ship Black Gold, which is not large, and it is not necessarily a loss to engage in a close confrontation with a second-class battleship. This is also the crushing advantage of the generation gap in the formation of military technology, since you are lagging behind, you will be beaten, the reason is as simple as that.

Outside was a battlefield with the sound of cannons, and staying on the almost semi-enclosed deck of ironclad guns, Vina Dubov didn't need to hide herself as carefully as she used to. The so-called key defense concept of the ironclad ship is simply to form an iron box with armor plates to protect the vital sectors from the damage of the enemy's fire, and various gun emplacements are naturally included in it.

Although it has an external opening, due to the limitation of accuracy, it is almost impossible for a conventional solid stone projectile to be fired into the cabin from such a narrow angle as a gun door, and the area of anti-personnel munitions such as explosive shells and grape shells are not likely to be the head. The Black Gold is fast and has fierce firepower, and the goblin warship that dares to stick to it is helpless against this never-before-seen ironclad ship. Even if the goblin musketeers, who posed the greatest threat to deck personnel, fired from two hundred yards away, the stone bullets fired by the smoothbore guns also had an effective range, and the basic lethality of stray bullets was still there, and the probability of hitting was similar to buying a lottery ticket.

The position of artillery captain is the same as the captain and the first mate, and it is the backbone of the battleship, and the Yaling Empire, which was frightened by the oracle of Bane, has repeatedly expressed its willingness to provide military advisers, but Luo Zhengdao does not dare to accept this kind of kindness casually, he would rather let Vena, who has half a bucket of water, slowly run in with a group of pirates, after all, it is more reassuring to be the descendants he has cultivated.

"Left rudder three, prepare for a salvo!"

"Knock knock ......"

Seeing the momentum of the frantic shelling of the goblin battleship opposite, Vina Dubov shouted coquettishly:

"Everyone, pay attention, avoid shelling!"

For a time, the Black Gold that was besieged by the goblin fleet was hit eleven times in a row in less than ten seconds, and in this round of artillery bombardment, it was almost impossible to count how many shells the Black Gold had been hit, so that the hull of the ironclad ship shook so much that people wondered if it was about to fall apart. No matter how lame the accuracy of the artillery in the New World is, hundreds of guns are firing at one target at the same time, and they can all miss, that's the real miracle!

The goblins who participated in the attack did not think that their target had escaped, and as they waited with joy for the ship to be torn apart, an incredible scene unfolded.

The stone projectiles that accurately hit the hull of the Black Gold were immediately bounced off after impact, and the stone projectiles that actually hit the target shattered in response to the sound and then fell into the etheric sea, and not a single stone projectile could penetrate the side deck of the Black Gold, not even the powerful 48-pound stone projectile. When they saw this scene, the atmosphere on the goblin battleship was suddenly so strange that it could not be described in words, and the confidence of the goblins was completely shaken, and they couldn't help but wonder if the battleship opposite was under some powerful protective spell.

In the armored commander tower, Luo Zhengdao was stunned, how could he have the heart to guess whether the goblins and their friends were stunned, and he shouted at the top of his voice:

"Prepare to shoot back, aim at the goblin flagship and open fire, you've seen it, yes, it's the one with the black flag."

The Black Gold, which had been maintaining a high thrust state, temporarily opened one of the rocket engine nozzles on the left side, and with the help of this additional thrust, magically completed a small radius turning maneuver, and then the gun commander Vina Dubov on the lower deck observed the number of jù, and Commander Brando Crimson turned to Guò to order the port guns to fire a salvo through the ship's communication brass pipe.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Under the inexplicable blow of their own attack to no avail, the goblins welcomed the pirate fleet with a warm salute, although most of the pirate warships had not yet entered the attack position at this time, and only the three pirate ships including the Black Gold that charged forward participated in this round of artillery bombardment, but this was enough.

As the precursor to the arrival of the era of large ships and giant guns, the firepower projection ability of the Black Gold can be called extremely ferocious, and the shells fired are flying in mid-air, and you can know that they are obviously larger than the shells of other warships. A few seconds later, four of the 48-pound stone projectiles fired from the gunfire of the ironclad Black Gold's side gunfire hit the Modo Blackwater's new flagship, the Purple Sandpiper, followed by a loud sound from the collapse of the goblin battleship's bulwark, and the sound of the dead and wounded sailors was terrifying.

After this round of shelling, Modo Blackwater's flagship fell into silence, and the Purple Sandpiper, which looked out of control, rose with billowing black smoke and large and small fires, and slanted out of the array of the goblin fleet and swirled in place, like a stupid duck that had lost its head.

Seeing that Modo Blackwater was severely damaged and could not continue to command the battle, the Bear Goblin Commander Zheti Baishan took the initiative to raise the command flag, and it had nothing to be polite to Modo Blackwater anyway. Seizing the opportunity to seize power, Zheti Baishan shouted loudly at this time:

"Brave and fearless goblin warriors, that heresy is right in front of us, for the sake of His Majesty Banne, for the sake of the Empire, for the sake of the Emperor, attack!"

Personal perception aside, from the neutral point of view of the bystander, it is all right to describe the militaristic Second Goblin Empire in negative terms such as brutal, bloody, barbaric, rude, ignorant, short-sighted, etc., except that these extremely militants should not be insulted with words such as cowardice. Just as at the critical moment when 100,000 people were in a hurry, knowing that their side was at a disadvantage, they did not have a trace of fear, and when they heard Zheti Baishan, who raised the command flag, raise his arms, the repeatedly frustrated goblin fleet decisively attacked the pirates in turn, and the strong and belligerent of the goblins was also evident.

Seeing this scene, while admiring the courage of his opponent, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help but complain and said:

"Well done! If these greenskins are really vulnerable, it will be in vain that I have spent so much effort to calculate you. ”

Failed to defeat the enemy army in one go, Luo Zhengdao was not discouraged by this result, morale can change the course of a battle, and even reverse the unfavorable situation at the campaign level, only strength determines the success or failure of a war.

It's like in the old world, if the spiritual atomic bomb worked, then why did everyone still build nuclear warheads at the risk of cancer from radiation? Isn't it precisely because spirit alone can't defeat matter that those examples of fluke reversals are studied over and over again for bored spectators to talk about?

The two fleets of pirates and goblins fought fiercely off Wake Reef on an unprecedented scale, and apart from a significant numerical advantage, the goblin fleet, which had no chance of success from other aspects, suffered heavy casualties. Luo Zhengdao's single-minded ironclad ship project achieved phased results, and the Black Gold relied on the generational advantage in military science and technology to ruthlessly crush this enemy fleet, which had only a tenfold numerical advantage. Those biplane water fighters buzzing in the air, although the attack power is acceptable, the bombing accuracy is really not very good, and after all, they can also contain some of the energy of the goblin fleet. However, from the opponent's standpoint, this conclusion is too understated.

The goblin gunners had to be careful when they were even loading the pine powder, and they had to look up from time to time to watch for the threat of fire from the air, lest they catch up with the incendiary bomb thrown down when they were fiddling with the pine powder barrel, and the whole ship of sailors would be turned into roast chickens.

"Buzz Buzz ......"

A strange buzzing sound in the distance aroused Luo Zhengdao's attention, and then he opened his binoculars and looked at the source of the sound, and said to himself:

"What's that?"

In the limited field of view of the monoculars, the behemoth shrouded in light and mist could only barely make out the shape of an outline, and when he blurted out Luo Zhengdao's question, Saril Byrne, the Yaling Overseer who had been following him, sighed meaningfully.

To say that Yaling's eyesight is much better than that of humans, not to mention that her telescopes are better than Luo Zhengdao's workmanship, at this time, Sarriel said softly:

"I don't know what kind of monster it is, but I know that symbol, it's the emblem of a great being who doesn't like you!"